Francophonie festival begins in Dhaka, Chittagong today
UNB
Francophonie Festival 2016 begins in capital and Chittagong today amid festivity and enthusiasm, reports UNB.
Every year, one month after Ekushey February, the Francophone community celebrates and promotes worldwide the use of the French language as well as cultural and linguistic diversity.
In the framework of the 2016 edition, the Francophone diplomatic missions in Bangladesh, together with Alliances franaises, in Dhaka and Chittagong, are set to offer an elaborate programme till March 20.
Alliance Franaise de Dhaka has set up a week-long programme of events such as ptanque competition, national finale of LabCitoyen (speech contest), cooking competition, Francophonie Short Film Festival 2016, visit to Liberation War Museum operated in French language, translation competition and many more.
A discussion on Preservation and Promotion of Mother Language will be held at Dhaka University, Institute of Modern Languages on March 16.
Ambassadors of the Francophonie countries and eminent Bangladeshi personalities Prof Emeritus Anisuzzaman, Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, Director of International Mother Language Institute Dr Jinnat Imtiaz Ali will attend the event.
A seminar, titled Trade between Bangladesh and Francophonie countries will take place, under the auspices of three Francophonie Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Canada, France and Switzerland), on March 20 at Hotel Le Mridien.
French language is spoken by 220 million of individuals worldwide, and it is the official language of 32 countries.
The Francophonie missions present in Dhaka are the High Commission of Canada, Embassies of Egypt, Switzerland, France, Vietnam, Morocco and Qatar.
